Definition of 'concoct'
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense concocts, present participle concocting, past tense, past participle concocted
1. transitive verb
If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
2. transitive verb
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Derived forms
concocter (conˈcocter)
noun
concoction (conˈcoction)
noun
concoctive (conˈcoctive)
adjective
Word origin
< L concoctus, pp. of concoquere, to boil together, prepare < com-, together + coquere, cookWord Frequency
concoct in American English
(kɑnˈkɑkt, kən-)
transitive verb
SYNONYMS 2. invent, fabricate, hatch.2.
to devise; make up; contrive
to concoct an excuse
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Derived forms
concocter or concoctor noun
concoctive
adjective
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concoct in British English
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Derived forms
concocter (conˈcocter) or concoctor (conˈcoctor) noun
concoctive (conˈcoctive)
adjective
Word origin
C16: from Latin concoctus cooked together, from concoquere, from coquere to cook
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British English: concoct
VERB /kənˈkɒkt/
If you concoct an excuse or explanation, you invent one that is not true.
The prisoner concocted the story to get a lighter sentence.
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